| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 49 |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 49
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 ''The best man of all'': mythologies of the storyteller; Chapter 2 When good speech acts go bad: the voice of industrial fiction; Chapter 3 Speech on paper: Charles Dickens, Victorian phonography, and the reform of writing; Chapter 4 ''Done to death'': Dickens and the author's voice; Chapter 5 Unuttered: withheld speech in Jane Eyre and Villette; Chapter 6 ''Hell's masterpiece of print'': voice, face, and print in The Ring and the Book |
| Summary |
Ivan Kreilkamp shows that the nineteenth-century novel was deeply marked by and engaged with vocal performances and the preservation and representation of speech. This innovative study will change the way readers consider the Victorian novel and its many ways of telling stories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-248) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Storytelling.
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Voice in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English fiction
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Storytelling
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Voice in literature
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Englisch
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Literatur
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Stimme Motiv
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Erzähler Motiv
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511137478 |
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9780511137471 |
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0511134401 |
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9780511134401 |
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0521111498 |
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